MAGENCO. MAp GENeralization COntroller

Technical Report · Thu Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 1994

OSTI ID:33176

Ganter, J ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)

MAGENCO is a geographic information systems (GIS) tool for managing geospatial data. It assists in choosing an appropriate level of cartographic simplification (removal of vertices while preserving line character). While an effective algorithm for this task exists (Douglas-Peucker, published in 1973), the tolerance parameter depends on the fractal dimension or the natural or manmade feature, the scale of mapping, and the uses to which the data will be put. It is thus necessary to iteratively test different parameters until an acceptable one is found.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Renewable Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 33176
• Report Number(s): ESTSC--000812MLTPL00
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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